Adjective: perfidus
Hyphenation:
Declension: First, Second
Nominative
| Singular masc. | perfidus |
| Singular fem. | perfida |
| Singular neut. | perfidum |
| Plural masc. | perfidī |
| Plural fem. | perfidae |
| Plural neut. | perfida |
Genitive
| Singular masc. | perfidī |
| Singular fem. | perfidae |
| Singular neut. | perfidī |
| Plural masc. | perfidōrum |
| Plural fem. | perfidārum |
| Plural neut. | perfidōrum |
Dative
| Singular masc. | perfidō |
| Singular fem. | perfidae |
| Singular neut. | perfidō |
| Plural masc. | perfidīs |
| Plural fem. | perfidīs |
| Plural neut. | perfidīs |
Accusative
| Singular masc. | perfidum |
| Singular fem. | perfidam |
| Singular neut. | perfidum |
| Plural masc. | perfidōs |
| Plural fem. | perfidās |
| Plural neut. | perfida |
Ablative
| Singular masc. | perfidō |
| Singular fem. | perfidā |
| Singular neut. | perfidō |
| Plural masc. | perfidīs |
| Plural fem. | perfidīs |
| Plural neut. | perfidīs |
Vocative
| Singular masc. | perfide |
| Singular fem. | perfida |
| Singular neut. | perfidum |
| Plural masc. | perfidī |
| Plural fem. | perfidae |
| Plural neut. | perfida |
Comparison
Sample Sentences
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“Dissimulāre etiam spērāstī, perfide, tantum
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posse nefās, tacitusque meā dēcēdere terrā?”
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“Had you even hoped to be able to hide so great a crime – you faithless [man]! – and to slip away from my land unnoticed?” [29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 4.305–306]
Adjectives inflected like perfidus
palmātus,
rēctangulus,
ursīnus,
palmōsus,
negātōrius,
Cimmerius,
fēlīnus,
deltoīdeus,
flūctifragus,
Colōnēus,
recordātīvus,
erēmīticus,
nūnciātōrius,
idōneus,
carcinophagus,
servus,
sentus,
imāginōsus,
chelīdonius,
foetulentus, etc. (List truncated at 20 adjectives)
Etymology
From per (“through; along”) + fidēs (“faith; trust”) + -us (adjectival suffix), based on the phrase per fidem dēcipere (“to deceive through faith”).
Verbs referencing "perfidus"
Italian Adjectives
perfido, German Adjectives
perfide.
Translations